Garment fastener or clip.



No. 687,274. Patented Nov. 26, l90l.

J. SELIGMAN.

GARMENT FASTENER 0R CLIP.

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UNITED STATES FATFENT ()FFICE.

JOSEPH SELIGMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT FASTENER OR cu SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 687,274, dated November 26, 1901. Application filed May 11,1901. Serial No. 59,728. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH SELIGMAN, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Fasteners or Clips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fasteners adapted to temporarily connect different parts of wearing-apparel and the object of my invention is to produce a device of this type or character which will be exceedingly cheap to manufacture, easy of manipulation, and unobjectionable as to size, the device being preferably provided with means whereby it may be permanently attached to one of the two articles of apparel which are to be connected by it, although in some instances and for some purposes it is not necessary that the de- Vice be permanently connected to either.

In carrying out my invention I take apiece of resilient material, preferably sheet metal, and so shape it and bend it as that in its completed form it will have a wedge-shaped groove or recess, the opposing or adjacent faces along the outer or free edges of the walls of the groove being adapted to pinch or grip one of two articles which are to be temporarily united or fastened together.

My invention consists in the device substantially as herein described and claimed.

In order to illustrate the many uses to which my device may be applied, I have shown said device in the accompanying drawings in a number of slightly-different forms and with differing means whereby the device maybe attached to one of the two pieces of fabric or apparel to be united or fastened together.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a dress-shield having at each end of its armpit-fold one of my devices attached thereto and having at its lower edge another slightly-difierent form of device, said figure'also showing a portion of that part of a waist to which an armpitshield is usually applied. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of one of my clips. Fig. 3 represents a similar form with the attaching- Fig. 4 represents a plan view of a blank from which the clip shown in Figs. 2 and 3 may be made. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of another form of fastener or clip. Fig. 6 represents a section on line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7represents a perspective view of another form of clip. Fig. 8 represents a section on line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 represents an'under edge View of the form shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Fig. 10 represents a perspective view of another form hereinafter referred to. Figs. 11 and 12 represent, respectively, an under edge view and a side elevation of compound or double form of my clip. Fig. 13 represents a plan view of another form of clip hereinafter referred to. Fig. 14 represents a side elevation of the form shown in Fig. 13. Fig. 15 represents a plan viewof a blank from which the form shown in Figs. 13 and 14 may be made. Figs. 16 and 17 rep resent, respectively, a top and side view of a form in which eyelets are provided in the attaching-ears. Figs. 18 and 19 represent, respectively, a top and side view of a form having a single attaching-ear with an eyelet. Fig. 20 represents a top view showing a single attaching-ear having holes by means of which the device may be sewed to a garment. Fig. 21 represents a similar view, but with the attaching-ear having spurs or prongs by means of which it may be secured to a garment. Figs. 22, 23, and 24 represent in front elevation different ways in which my device may be employed. Fig. 25 represents a side elevation of another modification, hereinafter referred to.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. 1, 0. represents a dress-shield, and b a portion of the waist to which said dressshield is secured, the under arm-seam of said garment being represented at 0.

Referring to Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, it will be seen that the material, such as slightly-resilient sheet metal or celluloid, is cut and bent to form an elongated clip, having side walls d bent downward from the top or back piece c, said side walls being inclined 'relatively to each other, so as to form a tapering or wedge-shaped groove between them, and the free lower edges of the walls being inclined relatively to the said top or back piece 6, so that when the piece or garment or fab ric is inserted in the wider end of the groove and either said fabric or the clip is so-moved as to carry the fabric toward the tip of the device said fabric will be firmly clamped between the gripping elements which are formed by the opposing surfaces along the inner faces of the free edges of the side walls (I.

The form of construction so far described is present in all of the other figures of the drawings. In Figs. 2, 3, and 4; the clip is provided with integral spurs f, which project as shown in Fig. 2 and which may be forced through the part of apparel to which it is to be applied and then clamped or bent down, as shown in Fig. 3.

The formshown in Fig. 5 has one portion of the top or back piece e bent, as indicated at e, and formed with ears f, having holes to receive a rivet or stitches by which the device may be attached to an armpit-shield in the location represented in the upper part of Fig. 1. In this form shown in Fig. 5 the side walls at are bent downward from a central longitudinal opening in the top or back piece e, while in the other forms the side walls are bent downward from the outer edges of the top or back piece 6.

The clip shown in Figs. 7 and 8 is similar to that shown in Figs. 2 and 3, excepting that the spurs f are somewhat differently formed, as clearly shown in said figures.

In Fig. 10 I represent but a single spurf, which may be forced through the upper edge of the fold of an armpit-shield and bent down, so that the device will be attached to the shield in the same position as the form shown in Fig. 1, which last-mentioned form, at the upper part thereof, is similar to the device shown in Figs. 7 and 9.

In some instances the spur f (shown in Fig. 10) may be bent in a direction opposite to that indicated in Fig. 10 in order to attach the clip to the lower binding edge of an armpit-shield, as represented at the lower part of Fig. 1, so that said clip may be engaged with the under arm-seam of the waist.

In some cases I may double or compound the device, as indicated in Figs. 11 and 12, in which there are two pairs of side walls at, tapering in opposite directions, the wider ends of the walls at one end being separated from the wider end of the walls of the other by a slot g, so that one seam or piece of fabric may pass through one slot 9 and extend in one direction along one wedge-shaped groove, and the other piece of fabric passing through the opposite slot 9 and gripped in between the two side walls at the other end of the device.

In the form shown in Figs. 13, 1 t, and 15 the spurs f are formed integral with the rear or wider ends of the side walls and may be left projecting in straight lines rearward therefrom or turned outward, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 13. Of course when these spurs have been forced through the fabric they are bent down. The top or back piece u be provided with a notch or recess e to facilitate the slipping of a seam-binding into the wedge-shaped groove between the Walls of the clip.

Instead of forming the clip with penetrating spurs I may form them with ears f, having eyelets f as shown in Figs. 16 to 19, inclusive, the said ears f being formed either integral with the side walls, as shown in Figs. 16 and 17, or integral with the wide end of the top or back piece, as shown in Figs. 18 and 19. The eyelets enable the device to be riveted to a garment or connected to a garment by threads without liability of the threads becoming quickly worn in use.

In Fig. 20 a single ear f", extending rearward from the top or back piece 6, is formed with a series of holes f for a sewing or attaching thread, and in Fig. 21 a similar ear f is formed with a plurality of attaching-spursf.

Any one of the devices so far described may be employed for connecting various parts of garments or wearing-apparel other than a dress-shield, such as shown in Fig. 1. For instance, one of the devices may be attached to one end of a necktie, so that the jaws or side walls thereof may grip the edge of a shirt bosom, as shown in Fig. 22. In Fig. 23 a similar use for the device is indicated in connection with a different form of tie. In Fig. 24: I show one end of a tie provided with one of my clips, so that the said end of the tie may be attached to any part of a shirt or garment in the manner hereinbefore described.

In Fig. 25 I represent the device as having a button projecting from the earf, this device serving as a means for attaching a culf to a shirt-sleeve. In using this form the button f is slipped through the buttonhole of the cuff, and then the side walls d are made to grip any suitable portion of the shirt-sleeve in the manner hereinbefore described.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. A device of the character described,comprising an elongated clip having a tapering groove in one side thereof and provided with means whereby it may be attached to an ar ticle of wearing-apparel, the inner faces of the free edges of the walls of the groove forming opposing surfaces adapted to grip fabric.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a clip of sheet material having side walls and a connecting-top,and provided with means whereby it may be attached to an article of wearing-apparel, the edges of the side walls converging, for the purpose set forth.

3. A garment-fastener comprising a finger provided with means whereby it may be attached to an article of wearing-apparel and having side walls and a connecting-top integral therewith shaped to admit and grip a portion of a garment, the free edges of the said side walls being inclined relatively to each other and also to the said connecting-top of said side walls to facilitate the entrance and engagement of said portion of a garment.

4. A device of the character described, comprising an elongated clip having means wheremeans whereby it may be attached to an arbyit may be attached to an article of wearingticle of wearing-apparel, the inner faces of apparel and provided with resilient flanges the free edges of the said side walls forming converging both longitudinally and transopposing surfaces adapted to grip fabric.

5 Versely to form elastic gripping elements, sub- In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig- 15 stant-ially as described. nature in presence of two witnesses.

5. Adeviee of the character described, com- JOSEPH SELIGMAN. prising a tapering clip of resilient material Witnesses: having two side walls and a connecting top J. A. ALEXANDER, [O or back integral therewith and provided with JAMES D. FERRIs, 

